When I did psych clinicals my friend had a pt who had been in ICU for an attempted OD before being sent to psych. One day he told the nurses he was going home to have dinner with his wife because it...

While I think a year of med/surg can be valuable, post-partum jobs can be hard to new grads to snag, so that's awesome that it was offered to you. If that is your passion, I would take that position....

I think alcoholism is many things. I have many alcoholics in my family, but my mom is the current active alcoholic. While the initial drink was certainly a choice of some sort, alcohol is so embedded...

Personally, I don't care about working weekends because I like the slower pace and the extra money. On my unit we finally have enough staff that people who have been there for two years or more have...

The issue with lab draws only exists if the person has fluids running because of the risk of diluting the sample. So our lab people either draw in the other arm, or ask if we can pause the fluids for...

During my orientation I had a wonderful, sweet preceptor, who always tried to make sure I had a good day and didn't feel overwhelmed. She would call me frequently (esp. when I had the whole team) and...

My grandma's boyfriend (man that sounds weird to me) is a podiatrist. He went to med school in his late 40s or early 50s after he retired from the military. He wound up in podiatry because, according...